Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-04
Blow.
SNOW.


Cold as Charity.
How do you like it ?"
Protect your water-pipes.
Listen to the sleigh bells.
The days are growing perceptibly
longer.
Read all our advertisements. 1t will
pay you to do SO.
Commodore Horton reports many
frozen water-pipe>.
Harry McElroy is pleased. 1t came
Monday night and is girl.
The County Commissioners meet in
regular term next Monday.
This is the kind of weather tina.
makes the plumber Laugh with gl,c.
Nature has DOTTED her evergreen
mantle and donned the white robes OF
winter.
Work has been suspended at the
Eastside logging camp till more favor
able weather.
Thos. II. Cavanaugh, of the Partisan,
has been on down-Sound business
trip this week
The last new street crossing spans
Jefferson street, at its junction with
Fourth street.
Up till to-day the week has been de-
l voted to term examination at the
Collegiate Institute.
The local train was two hours late
TUESDAY evening, caused by delay Of
the Northern Pacific.
The steamer Clara Brown took a
large boom of logs from Wrstside a
few days ago for the Tacoma mill.
A farmer remarks that in the event
of much colder weather, the present
fall OF snow is just the thing for the
grain crop.
This is the Winter of our discomfort.
made glorious b. the hope Of the
Summer soon as the genial Chinook
begins to get its work in.
The meteorological report Of the
Signal Office this week possesses I'M
usual interest, i'll consequence Of the
sudden change i'll the weather.
The wind it blew, the snow it snew
And rahai particular thunder.
| With hoops and skirts and petticoats
And tore them most asunder.
Mr.. Joseph Chem, proprietor of the
White House, announces to his Olym-
pia friends that he will leave shortly
for San Francisco on business intent.
Material has been hauled to the
ground and the contractors, Messrs.
White & Work, have commenced re-
building the Lybarger house recently
injured by fire.
Our Coolest Inhabitant," who is
nothing if he is not weather-wise,
predicts considerable cold the present
month, with the thermometer hover
ing around Nero.
4 The Olympia Collegiate Institute
will begin new term of ten weeks,
next Monday, the 7th, and without
any vacation, a succeeding term will
follow, making twenty weeks in all.
With the advent of the white robes
Of old Winter, myriads of snow-birds
have made their appearance. Will
our resident naturalist inform us as to
the permanent home of these little
creatures?
The cases in the Supreme Court
from the Third District must go over,
as Judge Hoyt will have to hold court
In Chehalis next week, and Judge
LangfOrd will have to do the same at
Dayton.
Mr.. Gallatin HartsOck, of Chambers
Prairie, has been quite i'll, of con-
gestion of the bowels, the past week.
At one time it was feared that it would
result fatally, but he is now thought
to be out of danger.
The l. .. G. T. held their quarterly
election last Friday night and elected
the following officers: Clayton AID
ridge, c. T.; NJ. A. Root, S., and w.
I W. Work, M. The order is reported
in flourishing condition.
A barber at Shelton's Point and
Mike Simmons, it is reported, got into
a dispute last Sunday, in that place,
over dice-game, which resulted in a
broken head for the tonsorial artist.
He came to Olympia for repairs Mon
day.
At the annual meeting of the Olym-
pla Gas Company, held last week, the
following officers were chosen to serve
ior the ensuing year: A. ii. Cham
oers, President; A. A. Phillips, Treas
urer; Robert Bruce, Secretary and
Manager.
| This office was the recipient of
oox OF fine apples, this week, from
Mr.. l.. +. Yemen of Eastside. We
write this commendatory notice of the
affair, hoping that the vanity of the
Donor may induce him to duplicate
IKE charitabl e deeds. Let others do
likewise.
| DIR. Canovan, we'll known to many
Oh our old-time residents, is now
public charge on the poor farm of
Muitnomah county, Oregon. 1t is
SAID that many wears ago he owned